Walk To School Cookies

These are a GREAT school recipe; hence the large amounts. (Back when school cooks made everything from scratch.) These are a shortbread cookie that melt in your mouth. They are WONDERFUL. I remember one Christmas break my friend (Judy Van Pelt) and I made meals off these cookies with hot chocolate that Mother made.

Walk To School Cookies:

2 pounds real butter, softened

2 cups sugar

2 tablespoons vanilla

8 cups flour

1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla. Add flour and nuts and mix well. Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet and press down slightly with fork. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes until brown around the edges.